Berkshire Childrens Chorus Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 043335721
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Stockbridge, MA, USA
- Phone
- 4132128682
- Rating
- 45
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Music
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $92,348
- Expenses
- $99,943
- Assets
- $30,675
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Jennie Jadow (President)
People named in this filing
- Alice Maggio (Secretary)
- Luan Fisher (Treasurer)
- Ryan LaBoy (Artistic Director)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Founded in 1990, Berkshire Children's Chorus explores the globe and travels through time by singing music from various cultures and eras, while also sparking new friendships between singers from across the region. BCC is committed to providing musical opportunities for all youth regardless of their family's ability to pay. Berkshire Children's Chorus is supported by grants from Local Cultural Councils and the Massachusetts Cultural Council, as well as donations from community members. BCC serves rural children in grades 3 to 8 in Berkshire County. Weekly rehearsals feature the development of individual self-confidence and teamwork skills, as well as music reading, ear training, and vocal technique. The Chorus uses music to spark new friendships between singers from across the Berkshire region, offering weekly rehearsals in Sheffield and Pittsfield. Families can choose which rehearsal location works best for them. The two ensembles come together for special events and performance.
What it reported doing in 2024
The Chorus performed at the Red Lion Inn for the first time. The Chorus performs for audiences of 200+ at each performance. We maintained our tuition model to increase accessibility by offering a sliding scale model that offers automatic scholarships to families based on their self-reported income. In the past year we have seen the Chorus continue the house concert successfully.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 82% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 15
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 30
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 15.7%; rating input score 16
- Program expense ratio: 14.5%; rating input score 14
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -8.2%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.31; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 46.2%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -10.6% per year; rating input score 0; 27th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5.5% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 15.8% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 15.7% of revenue deployed · 14.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $14K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 16/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 14/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 33/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 21/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 3/100.